[Full-Disclosure] Disabling Cached Logon Credentials

[<dwr3ck@hushmail.com>]

Disabling cached logon credentials is on virtually every server hardening
checklist.

If you have your servers physically secured in a data center what is
the real benefit of disabling cached logon credentials?

Whenever a server is off the network, admins have to obtain the local
admin password.  Depending on how you handle local RID=500 account passwords
this can add significantly to downtime when resolving issues.

Does anyone know of a way to exploit cached credentials over the wire?
 

If someone has physical access to a system they own it anyway:

http://home.eunet.no/~pnordahl/ntpasswd/








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